This worked!! THANK YOU!!! EVERYONE!!! Cris ----- Original Message ----- From: Cris To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 3:41 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: can't remove file from a thumb drive - help! it does have a switch on it - so I can move that switch to a different position? Thanks! cris ----- Original Message ----- From: ~OoO~ To: Cris Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 8:52 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: can't remove file from a thumb drive - help! Some thumb drives have a physical switch on them to prevent accidental= erasure. Could it have one of those? ---Troth On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:38:10= -0500, Cris wrote: > >=A0I put a program on my neighbor's thumb drive to= install it on her >=A0computer. >=A0Now - the prog files won't come off of the= thumb drive!! I really >=A0need help. >=A0Her thumb drive is small - and she= needs the space. This thumb >=A0drive came with her sewing machine, so it= isn't like I could even >=A0get her an identical one to replace it. It says= the files are >=A0'write protected' to remove this before deleting the files.= How do >=A0I do this? Is there a way to get them off of her thumb drive? >=A0I= am really really REALLY hoping someone can help me on this one!! >=A0I've= never had this happen before. Cris > > >=A0-- >=A0 > >=A0To unsub or change your= email settings: >=A0//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > >=A0To access= our Archives: >=A0http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/= >=A0//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/